MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2307291200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2307291200F012.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KISN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 30 JUL 23 Station: KISN Latitude: 48.17 Longitude: -103.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 140 1 950 591 SFC 944 644 27.9 15.7 47 12.2 19.6 119 5 306.0 308.3 294.8 341.9 11.96 3 900 1066 22.7 14.5 60 8.2 17.2 128 5 304.9 307.1 294.3 339.7 11.64 4 850 1560 17.9 13.7 76 4.2 15.1 137 5 304.9 307.1 294.3 339.8 11.67 5 800 2076 13.0 12.4 96 0.7 12.6 167 4 305.0 307.2 294.1 339.0 11.35 6 750 2615 8.9 6.0 82 3.0 7.2 262 11 306.3 307.7 291.7 330.0 7.83 7 700 3183 5.6 -1.9 58 7.6 1.8 296 21 308.7 309.6 289.8 323.4 4.74 8 650 3785 2.0 -4.9 60 6.9 -1.2 297 31 311.3 312.0 290.0 324.2 4.09 9 600 4426 -2.5 -10.2 56 7.6 -5.7 291 36 313.2 313.7 289.6 322.6 2.94 10 550 5109 -7.5 -15.0 55 7.5 -10.2 291 42 315.1 315.6 289.5 322.3 2.16 11 500 5844 -12.2 -19.8 53 7.5 -14.5 293 44 318.1 318.4 289.8 323.5 1.59 12 450 6642 -17.4 -29.3 35 11.9 -20.0 289 48 321.4 321.5 290.0 324.0 0.75 13 400 7511 -24.1 -41.3 19 17.2 -26.3 285 50 323.7 323.8 290.2 324.7 0.26 14 350 8472 -30.0 -50.3 12 20.4 -31.7 285 58 328.3 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.11 15 300 9554 -36.9 -59.4 8 22.6 -38.0 285 70 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.04 16 250 10798 -42.3 -66.4 5 24.1 -43.1 286 88 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 17 200 12295 -46.0 -76.6 2 30.7 -46.7 290 94 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 18 150 14153 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 289 74 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16687 -60.8 -87.3 2 26.5 -61.1 291 38 410.2 410.2 306.5 410.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.01 m Freezing level: 627.87 mb = 4069.03 m = 13349.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.87 mb = 3540.66 m = 11616.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.30 mb = 2177.82 m = 7144.98 ft T: 12.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 16.42 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.78 mb = 2109.58 m = 6921.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -5.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: -5.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.19 C Cross Totals Index: 25.94 C K Index: 36.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1257.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.36 mb = 2113.94 m = 6935.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.36 mb = 2166.60 m = 7108.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.36 mb = 10238.80 m = 33591.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1255.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.36 mb = 13293.18 m = 43612.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.8 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 319.8 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 9.70 Bulk Shear: 129.62 m/s